an outstanding Kansas State Womens's and Men's Cook-off was held in the pouring rain at Farlington, Kansas. No spirits were dampened howeverDanThe    the results are below. Thanks to Kevin and Marlene Smith, along with the Friends of Crawford County State Park for a most memorable two days of Chili, Charity, and Fun! Thanks also to Mannie Mendoza of Blue Haven Pools, for funding the winners jackets, along with Kevin Stovall, and Larry Velasquez for cooking some excellent food for the cooks party. As you can see below, the Sunflower Pod let their presence be known. Thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful event.     KANSAS WOMEN'S STATE RESULTS CRAWFORD COUNTY STATE PARK-IN THE RAIN! 1ST JULIE WIEDNER 2ND GAIL STUART -Q'D 3RD ETHEL HEWLETT -Q'D 4TH CINDY STOVALL 5TH PEGGY VELASQUEZ -Q'D 6TH PEGGY KIRK-VELASQUEZ 7TH LAURA GREEN 8TH SHELLEY KROENCKE 9TH CECELIA RIVERA 10TH FLORA MCCAULEY   KANSAS MEN'S STATE RESULTS CRAWFORD COUNTY STATE PARK-IN THE RAIN! 1ST RICHARD HEWLETT -Q'D 2ND BOB MCCAULEY -Q'D 3RD KEVIN STOVALL 4TH RYAN REYNOLDS 5TH FRED WIEDNER 6TH STEVE STUART -Q'D 7TH ED PARKS 8TH LEE KROENCKE 9TH STEVE SHEPHERD 10TH LARRY VELASQUESZ Lee Kroencke Great Pepper Gladiator Chili Pod gladiatorchili@yahoo.com The deadline for the newsletter contest is today.  You can submit from 1 to 3 issue's of your newsletter to be judged.   As of today there are EIGHT PODS competing in this contest.  There are 7 judges from from around the country that will score each newsletter and submit their results to me.  The winners will be announced at TICC on Saturday afternoon.   Ken Rodd Austin, TX      6th Annual Ranch Rodeo CCO Sweetwater, TX 9-10-11   1.  Don Clevenger-Odessa,TX-Q 2.  Lisa Clevenger-Odessa,TX 3.  Patsy Childress-Midland,TX 4.  Sue Yates-San Angelo,TX 5.  Gene Everett-Odessa,TX 6.  Kim Draper-Tahoka,TX 7.  Kelly Draper-Tahoka,TX 8.  Karen Sedlak-Paint Rock,TX 9.  LeeRoy Childress-Midland,TX 10. Dana Reed-Roby,TX     Crane County Livestock CCO Crane, TX 9-17-11   1.  Barbara Taylor-Terlingua,TX-Q 2.  Gregg Wilson-Odessa,TX 3.  Micah Phillips-Crane,TX 4.  Dave Boone-Odessa,TX 5.  Jamie Tilley-Crane,TX 6.  Joann Scott-Odessa,TX 7.  Pat Timmons-Crane,TX 8.  Robin Crain-Crane,TX 9.  Gene Everett-Odessa,TX-Q 10. Horace Peek-Crane,TX     Youth Cookoff   1.  Jacob Crain-Crane,TX 2.  Andrew Davis-Crane,TX 3.  Robert Barker-Crane,TX 4.  Tyler Tilley-Crane,TX 5.  Sarah Barker-Crane,TX 6.  Timmy Tilley-Crane,TX October Trails is available for viewing on the CASI website – www.chili.org.  This is a BIG ISSUE; 40 pages filled with lots of information about TICC, requests for volunteers, pictures from the GP meeting and entertaining articles.  A special thank you goes out to Dave & Nancy Hewlett and Georgeann McNichols for all their help.  Enjoy! The October Trails is available for viewing on the CASI website – www.chili.org.  This is a BIG ISSUE; 40 pages filled with lots of information about TICC, requests for volunteers, pictures from the GP meeting and entertaining articles.  A special thank you goes out to Dave & Nancy Hewlett and Georgeann McNichols for all their help.  Enjoy!   Dana R. Plocheck I am out of town and I am not getting the post to work well. Sorry for any problems this creates. .